Throughout the 1920s, the performance of the United States economy
saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities
In the 1920s, the development of practical radio communication was furthered by
both A and B
During the 1920s, airplanes
were largely a source of entertainment
During the 1920s, products that grew dramatically in use in the United States included
all of the above
During the 1920s, Thomas Morgan was one of the American pioneers in
genetic research
During the 1920s, the trend toward industrial consolidation
was most pronounced in the large-scale, mass-production sector
During the 1920s, a great worry for industrialists was the fear of
the overproduction of goods
During the 1920s, most American workers experienced all of the following EXCEPT
few opportunities to join a company union
In the 1920s, “welfare capitalism”
was a paternalistic approach used by corporate leaders on their workers
During the 1920s, wages for American workers
generally ran well below the growth of the economy as a whole
During the 1920s, when $1,800 was considered the minimum annual income for a decent standard of living, the average annual income of a worker was approximately
$1,500
During the 1920s, the American Federation of Labor (AFL)
believed workers should be organized on the basis of skills
In the workplace, the “open shop” meant
no worker was required to join a union
During the 1920s, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
was one of the few unions led by African Americans
During the 1920s, all of the following immigrant groups were increasing their presence in the labor force in the West and Southwest EXCEPT the
Chinese
During the 1920s, the agricultural economy of the United States saw
a sharp decline in farmer’s incomes
In the 1920s, the idea of agricultural “parity” was
to ensure farmers would at least financially break even
In the 1920s bestseller, The Man Nobody Knows, Jesus Christ was portrayed as
a salesman
In 1920, the first commercial radio station to broadcast in the United States was in
Pittsburgh
In the 1920s, “behavioral” psychologists, such as John B. Watson, believed
mental ailments could be improved by treating their symptoms
During the 1920s, the field of psychology saw women
establish themselves more easily than in many other areas of medicine
In the 1920s, “behavioral” psychologists argued
mothers should rely on trained experts for advice in raising children.
In the 1920s, a growing interest among middle-class women in birth control resulted from
the attitude that sexual activity should not be for procreation only
During the 1920s, birth control in the United States
was illegal in many states
In the 1920s, the “flapper” lifestyle
had a particular impact on lower middle-class and single women
During the 1920s, a proposal for an Equal Rights Amendment met resistance from
both A and B
The Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921
provided federal funds for child health care programs
In the 1920s, writers who satirized or rejected modern American society included all of the following EXCEPT
Edward Hooper
In his 1925 novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
criticized the American obsession with material wealth
In the 1920s, artists and intellectuals in the Harlem Renaissance
drew heavily from their African heritage
In the 1920s, the “noble experiment” referred to
the illegalization of alcohol
During the 1920s, as a result of the Eighteenth Amendment
both A and B
During the 1920s, the greatest sustained support for the Eighteenth Amendment came from
rural Protestants
The National Origins Act of 1924
entirely banned immigration from east Asia to the United States
During the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan
opposed the existing diversity of American society
The Scopes trial of 1925 was a legal battle between
creationism and evolution
As a result of the Scopes trial of 1925
fundamentalists reduced their participation in political activism
During the 1920s, among the major political parties
the Democratic Party was seriously divided
All the following statements regarding Al Smith are true EXCEPT
he lost the 1924 nomination to William McAdoo
As President, Warren Harding
was very popular with the public.
During the Harding administration, the Teapot Dome scandal involved
transfers of national oil reserves
Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge were similar in their
passive approach to the presidency
Calvin Coolidge
was less active a president than Warren Harding
In the 1920s, Treasury secretary Andrew Mellon succeeded in
both A and B
As Commerce secretary, Herbert Hoover considered himself as
an active progressive for business
